Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5360  ·  NGC 5364

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NGC5363/5364 group

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NGC5363/5364 group

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This appealing group is located in the western portion of Virgo, just about 10 degrees south of Arcturus. The spiral Ngc5364 is of type Sbc and lenticular NGC5364 is a S0 with a distinctly wound band of darker material seen against the center. Distances are 55 and 65 million lightyears respectively. On the right edge numerous small galaxies are visible, they are members of the Abell1809 cluster.

Lacerta Photonewton 10" f/4 with ASI1600 and Astronomik LRGB Deepsky filters. Mount AZEQ6 guided by Mgen3.

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